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I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories by Haskell, John
- Bookseller: Callaghan Books South
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 37436
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Fine
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0374173990
- ISBN 13: 9780374173999
- Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date published: 2003
- Pages: 180
- Size: 5.75 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches
- Weight: 0.75 pounds
Description
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. (1st) Slightly smaller, thinner book, fine black cloth spine, black boards, very bright gilt spine, 180 pages. DJ glossy black and white, praise on back from Jim Crace, Geoff Dyer and A.M. Homes. DJ and book, both Very Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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Book summary
John Haskell's stories center on artists, writers, musicians, and actors, and the characters include not only the eponymous Pollock but also Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Hedy Lamarr, the Indian god Ganesh, and Hector and Paris of THE ILIAD.
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